Manhattan real estate is about to get even hotter — Ashley Dupre is studying to become a broker.

The Post’s sultry sex columnist has moved back to town from the West Coast and immediately decided to enroll in a real estate course at NYU. The course is required to apply for a New York broker’s license — but Dupre said she isn’t quite ready to become a full-time real estate dealmaker yet.

She told us, “I recently moved back to New York from Los Angeles. Since being home, I took and passed the accelerated Real Estate Salesperson Course at NYU.

“New York City real estate has always been an interest of mine,” she said. “It’s just something that I wanted to do. Where this goes is yet to be determined. I am so excited to be back — there’s no place like New York.

“Music has always been my passion and will remain that always. Right now my focus is on my column, Ask Ashley, every Sunday in The Post.”

Sources told us Dupre fit in well at NYU and “made a ton of friends. She dressed very cute to class, hung out with students during lunch, and has been very into the course. She was one of the top students — often answering questions from the lecturers before they’d even finished speaking.”

The university Web site says the course covers topics including management of a real estate office, financing, investment, general business law, construction and development, taxes and assessments.

Dupre was living in LA for a few months working on her music career and meeting with producers. She recently said, “I hope to be able to show people who I am rather than who they think I am. I hope that I can work hard enough to ensure that my mistakes will not be what defines me.”